312 pp. Price-clipped dj w/ 3-inch tear and other wear at top. Sticker ghosts on FEP of otherwise fine volume. Medieval Authors Series. Three photographic plates of illustrations from manuscripts in the British Museum. Contents: General Preface; Author's Note; John Lydgate: The Critical Approach; The Monastic Background; Chaucer and Literary Background; The Courtly Poems; Troy and Thebes; Laureate Lydgate; Fables and Didactic Poems; The Fall of Princes; Lydgate's Religious Poetry; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.